The term 'Follower of Roosevelt' can be summarized by two crossword solutions: Taft (4 letters) and Roughrider (10 letters). William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. He was a Republican who had been appointed by President Roosevelt as Secretary of War in 1904. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was known as the 'Roughrider' due to his service in the Spanish-American War. He was a progressive reformer who sought to regulate big business and protect the environment.